Upreti, Trilochan, International Watercourses Law and Its Application ...

- Preface III- Preface V- Table of International Treaties VII- Table of Cases X- Acronyms XI- Glosory XV- Map of theGanges Basin XVI- Table of Content XVIITable of ContentsChapter- OneIntroduction1.1 Significance of Water 11.2 Uneven Availability and Scarcity 41.3 Emerging Principles 61.4 Challenges Ahead 101.5 Structure of the Book 13Chapter- TwoDevelopment and Codification ofInternational Watercourses Law2.1 Introduction 162.2 Sources of International Watercourses Law 182.2.1 Earliest Stage of Development of IWC 182.2.2 The United States 202.3 Water Disputes 252.3.1 Inter-State Water Dispute in India 252.3.2 Development in European States 322.4 International Judicial and Arbitral Decisions 362.4.1 Helmand River Delta Case 372.4.2 Trail Smelter Case 392.4.3 Lake Lanoux Case 412.4.4 Gut Dam Case 432.5 PCIJ and ICJ Decisions 442.5.1 River Oder Case 442.5.2 The Diversion of the Meuse Case 472.5.3 Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Case 482.6 Scholarly Contributions 512.7 State Practices 542.7.1 Boundary Water Treaty 572.7.2 The Colorado Treaty 592.7.3 The Nile Treaty 602.7.4 The Indus Water Treaty 622.7.5 The Columbia River Treaty 632.7.6 Lesotho-Highland Treaty 652.7.7 Amazon Cooperation 662.7.8 Southern African Development 662.7.9 Treaty between Paraguay and Brazil 672.7.10 The Treaty of Peace 682.7.11 Mekong River Treaty 692.7.12 Ganges River Treaty 702.8 The Impact of Water Issues on Bilateral Relations 712.9 International Law Reform Efforts 772.9.1 The Helsinki Rules on the Use of theWaters of International Rivers, 1966 and ILA 772.9.2 International Law Commission 802.9.3 UNCIW, 1997 902.9.4 The Institute of International Law 952.9.5 Some Other Institutions 962.10 Some UN Resolutions 982.11 Conclusions 100XVII XVIII